Samuel Smith

Deputy Managing Editor

Samuel Smith serves as Deputy Managing Editor for The Christian Post. He began working for CP in 2014 as a staff reporter. Before joining CP, Smith covered Maryland state politics as well as college and high school athletics for various news outlets. He graduated with a journalism degree from Towson University.

His areas of interest include human rights, politics and sports. Smith also serves on the international missions team of his local church. He lives in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with his family.

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Apr 16, 2020
NY Gov. Cuomo on plateauing of COVID-19 cases: 'God did not do that'
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday that people, not God, are responsible for the fact that COVID-19 cases in his state have plateaued. His comment stirred reactions among some Christian leaders, including Franklin Graham.
Apr 16, 2020
Greenville mayor ends ban on drive-in church services after DOJ intervenes
Democrat Mayor Errick D. Simmons of Greenville, Mississippi, has changed course and is now permitting drive-in church services after police officers issued $500 tickets to parishioners last Wednesday.
Apr 16, 2020
Jihadi terrorists killing Christians in Mozambique seek to establish ‘government rule from 'Allah'
Radical Islamic militants in the majority-Christian country of Mozambique have their eyes set on instituting Sharia law and have already killed hundreds and displaced thousands in Southeast Africa.
Apr 16, 2020
Several Christians killed, 2 beheaded as Fulani terror attacks rage on in Nigeria
Several Christians have been killed by armed Fulani radicals who carried out attacks in the Plateau and Benue states of Nigeria as thousands have died in the escalating violence in the West African country’s Middle Belt in recent years.
Apr 15, 2020
Evangelical leaders call for release of some detained immigrants to stop spread of COVID-19
Influential evangelicals are calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to utilize “alternatives to detention” and release some detained undocumented immigrants as they await their hearings so long as they don’t pose a threat to public safety.
Apr 15, 2020
$250K donated to help churches impacted by COVID-19; over 50 churches chosen for grants
A new initiative championed by retired NFL tight end Benjamin Watson and the AND Campaign to help churches in danger of closing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has raised over $250,000 in its first week of fundraising.
Apr 15, 2020
New alliance unites seminaries, Christian colleges and schools amid ongoing struggles
Dozens of Christian colleges, high schools, seminaries and Bible colleges have banded together to form an alliance uniting all sectors of Christian education to address the mutual challenges they face in an increasingly secular culture.
Apr 14, 2020
New wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa, Middle East with food insecurity
The historic spread of desert locusts that has left tens of millions in danger of food insecurity in East Africa is expected to get 20 times worse as the United Nations predicts a dramatic increase in swarms throughout Africa and the Middle East in the coming months.
Apr 14, 2020
Mich. gov. clarifies school closing order after complaints from homeschool groups
Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has clarified that an executive order issued earlier this month suspending all in-person schooling for the remainder of the school year does not ban homeschooling.
Apr 14, 2020
Missionary abducted in Niger shown alive in video released by jihadists
A Catholic missionary priest who was abducted in Niger in 2018 is still alive, according to a proof-of-life video released last week that was purportedly filmed in late March.